It was a hot west Texas day in Amarillo, and I was going to be teaching at a writers’ conference. I came in a day earlier to “play” with a writer friend, Deborah Elliott-Upton, who I’d met a couple years earlier at the same conference. We had hit it off right away the first time,… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Deborah Elliott-Upton
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Friends in Faith: Karin O’Reilly
About a year ago, I was in need of someone to do some research into Catholic bloggers, women’s groups, and the like (not to mention resources to replace dead links on my web site). I whined to a friend that she’d be perfect for the work, if she wasn’t already busy with her husband, two… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Karin O’Reilly
Friends in Faith: Rest in Peace, Shannon Wine
About two weeks ago, I got a message from a good friend from a Christian writers’ conference. She’d seen on social media that a mutual friend, Shannon Wine, had suffered a brainstem hemorrhage and the prognosis was very poor. The following day, Shannon was declared brain dead. Shannon wasn’t a small woman, but she moved… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Rest in Peace, Shannon Wine
Friends in Faith: Erin Benbennick
Erin Benbennick’s hands are always busy. I like that about Erin, and not just because she surprised me a few years back with a beautiful purple prayer shawl I often wear when I’m speaking. Erin has knitted a lot of prayer shawls over the years. She’s helped others experiment with a wide variety of crafts over… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Erin Benbennick